What Doctrine of Discovery Statements of Religious Repudiation Reveal

“What Doctrine of Discovery Statements of Religious Repudiation Reveal,” an Outcome archive entry by Arden Mahlberg. The entry belongs to the featured collection and connects readers to scholarship, public history, and organizing around the Doctrine of Discovery, Christian domination, Indigenous sovereignty, law, religion, land, memory, and accountability.

In brief, it addresses Nations formulate doctrines that define and guide their relations toward other nations. The Monroe Doctrine, and the Truman, Carter, and Bush Doctrines are American examples.. For readers arriving from the main Doctrine of Discovery site, this post functions as a pointer rather than a replacement for the full Outcome record. The canonical page preserves the complete context, metadata, author information, citation links, media, and neighboring materials in the archive.

The source text highlights terms and contexts including Nations formulate doctrines that define and guide their relations toward other nations. The Monroe Doctrine, and the Truman, Carter, and Bush Doctrines are American examples. As nations in Christendom in the 15th century had the wherewithal to explore the world by sea, popes formulated a doctrine to shape their relations with the lands and people the explorers would encounter. This came to be called the Doctrine of Discovery. While this is a religiously based doctrine, it has been adopted as legal precedent in Europe and the United States. In this essay I will explore the religious components of the Doctrine through the lens of what official statements of repudiation. Read the canonical Outcome page for the complete entry.

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